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BRAUN, Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm (1862-1934). Die Lokalanästhesie, ihre wissenschaftliche Grundlagen und praktische Anwendung. Leipzig: Barth, 1905. 8°. 127 illustrations (some soiling, inner hinges cracked). Original cloth (rubbed, faded). Provenance: Dr Hans Scherbel -- THE NORMAN COPY (book-label). FIRST EDITION of the first book on local anaesthesia, Braun's 'important book on local anaesthesia [which] greatly stimulated the development of that subject' (Garrison-Morton). 'In 1897 Braun demonstrated that the toxicity of cocaine was in direct ratio to its rate of absorption and that its efficiency was in reverse ratio. He therefore recommended the addition of epinephrine to cocaine to decrease the rate of absorption and to increase the duration of anesthesia' (Keys p.42). 'He introduced local anaesthesia to dental surgery in Germany' (Norman). Faulconner & Keys, pp.833-834; Garrison-Morton 5691; Norman 5691.

BRAUN, Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm (1862-1934). Die Lokalanästhesie, ihre wissenschaftliche Grundlagen und praktische Anwendung. Leipzig: Barth, 1905. 8°. 127 illustrations (some soiling, inner hinges cracked). Original cloth (rubbed, faded). Provenance: Dr Hans Scherbel -- THE NORMAN COPY (book-label). FIRST EDITION of the first book on local anaesthesia, Braun's 'important book on local anaesthesia [which] greatly stimulated the development of that subject' (Garrison-Morton). 'In 1897 Braun demonstrated that the toxicity of cocaine was in direct ratio to its rate of absorption and that its efficiency was in reverse ratio. He therefore recommended the addition of epinephrine to cocaine to decrease the rate of absorption and to increase the duration of anesthesia' (Keys p.42). 'He introduced local anaesthesia to dental surgery in Germany' (Norman). Faulconner & Keys, pp.833-834; Garrison-Morton 5691; Norman 5691.